Angelique Kidjo Talks New Music & Memoir ‘Spirit Rising’

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Angelique Kidjo recently released her memoir, Spirit Rising, followed by her 13th album, Eve, simultaneously. Both projects are platforms for the...

Akosua Report: Josephine Baker

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"Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a...

DRC: Children Use Art to Work Through Pain

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by Nsenga K. Burton UNICEF is reporting that children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are using art to cope with...

Poet and Activist Amiri Baraka Dies

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NJ.com is reporting that longtime activist and NJ poet laureate Amiri Baraka has died. David Giambusso of the Star-Ledger writes: Baraka was...

India Arie Returns to Spotlight with 'SongVersation'

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India.Arie’s music speaks loud and clear. The Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist and Atlanta native delivered a memorable Oct. 18 homecoming...

OITNB: Why Are We Mad at Hough When ‘Farina’ is Making a Comeback?

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The blogosphere is still reeling over Dancing with the Stars dancer Julianne Hough's poor taste in Halloween attire this year. In...

2014 Oscar Nominations: Barkhad, Chewitel, Lupita and McQueen Nominated

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This morning, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and actor Chris Hemsworth  announced the...

Nelson George: ‘Funk is the Link Between Soul and Hip-Hop’

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Black pop culture curator Nelson George screened his upcoming VH1 Rock Doc, Finding The Funk, on opening night of Atlanta’s BronzeLens...

U.S.: Paris Barclay Named First African-American DGA President

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Shadow and Act is reporting that veteran television director and writer Paris Barclay has been named president of the Director's Guild...

Sonia Sanchez Delivers Poetry and Advice at Spelman College

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Sonia Sanchez likes to talk about how peacekeeping can save communities. The profound poet laureate and author of Home Coming and...

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